Process Times

[Laytona Campbell 23]

Hi everyone I don’t know how everyone feels in different ways about this K-1 Visa process but with me it’s so hard and torturing not having my fiancé here with me I know I’m being personal right now but I never felt this way before in my entire life I be absolutely boring most of my days thinking about my fiancé I just want to know is I’m the only one feeling like this please HELP I need advice i tried everything to keep my mind occupied but it’s so hard not thinking about him I submitted the I-129F in October we hope to hear from the Immigration soon and we’ still waiting on the NOA2 to arrive as well but I need some advices guys I’m in love 😍 

[Just Paul 4,595]

34 minutes ago, Laytona Campbell said:

Hi everyone I don’t know how everyone feels in different ways about this K-1 Visa process but with me it’s so hard and torturing not having my fiancé here with me I know I’m being personal right now but I never felt this way before in my entire life I be absolutely boring most of my days thinking about my fiancé I just want to know is I’m the only one feeling like this please HELP I need advice i tried everything to keep my mind occupied but it’s so hard not thinking about him I submitted the I-129F in October we hope to hear from the Immigration soon and we’ still waiting on the NOA2 to arrive as well but I need some advices guys I’m in love 😍 

Everyone goes thru the wait.  Just hang in there and hopefully that NOA2 will arrive soon!

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

39 minutes ago, Laytona Campbell said:

Hi everyone I don’t know how everyone feels in different ways about this K-1 Visa process but with me it’s so hard and torturing not having my fiancé here with me I know I’m being personal right now but I never felt this way before in my entire life I be absolutely boring most of my days thinking about my fiancé I just want to know is I’m the only one feeling like this please HELP I need advice i tried everything to keep my mind occupied but it’s so hard not thinking about him I submitted the I-129F in October we hope to hear from the Immigration soon and we’ still waiting on the NOA2 to arrive as well but I need some advices guys I’m in love 😍 

Everyone hates the waiting... we’ve been waiting well over a year now.. 

 

i just focus on work work and keeping busy, it’s all we can do

[JFH 12,190]

Keep busy. Learn new skills that will help you when you get here (language skills, office or computer skills, etc). Take time to say goodbye to everyone back home. It will be a long time before you go back. 
 

Once I got busy and kept busy, I actually enjoyed my time in this process to some degree. I went all over my homeland and took photos, said goodbye to family and friends, had so many goodbye parties with friends, co-workers, etc. My husband suggested that learning Spanish might be useful for me here - I cannot speak a word of it - and I planned to learn some Spanish before I came but I actually ran out of time doing so many other things. 
 

Learn some recipes from your homeland that you can make for your new family when you arrive. That sort of thing. 

[Laytona Campbell 23]

Thank u so much actually I’m the petitioner my fiancé lives in Africa I miss him so much it hurts thank u so much and I’m trying to learn his language he speaks great English but his language is Wolof and I’m trying to learn it I appreciate it so much 😊

[green_rabbit 69]

3 hours ago, Laytona Campbell said:

Thank u so much actually I’m the petitioner my fiancé lives in Africa I miss him so much it hurts thank u so much and I’m trying to learn his language he speaks great English but his language is Wolof and I’m trying to learn it I appreciate it so much 😊

Oh hey, you want a wolof study buddy? 

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.

[carmel34 3,621]

We all go through this period of a long distance relationship, in our case it was two years apart.  Daily communication helps so much, we did nightly video calls to ease the pain... and I flew to Brazil to be with him every two months for a week or more each time.  Stay strong and you can do it, soon you will be together.  Collect documents, be ready, read and know everything about the process so that when the petition is approved or you get an RFE you can move to the next step without delays.  Good luck, I wish you the best and hope the process goes smoothly.

[Laytona Campbell 23]

Thank u so much it’s so hard not having him here with me but it’s worth the wait during this process!!

13 hours ago, green_rabbit said:

Oh hey, you want a wolof study buddy? 

Sure 

[Chizzyma 6]

Hi Latonya, I know how you feel. My baby is in Gambia also but he is Igbo he's teaching me his language also and I miss him so much. I filed in September and unfortunately got an RFE on Monday for my proof of divorce. I sent every page of my final divorce decree with the packet, yet they say that they did not receive all of the pages but just some of them. So I took off of work tomorrow so that I can travel to my hometown to get those darn papers and go straight to the post office to send them back to them, lol the suspense is killing me.  Have you tried calling the USCIS they will tell you where you are in the filing process if that would ease your mind a bit. I called after I noticed it had been almost 5 months since filing the lady was very friendly and even looked into her system at the packet and she said that everything looked fine and nothing derogatory was there. But then a couple of days later I got the RFE. But I am confident that everything will work out in perfect timing as will yours! 

Edited January 28, 2020 by Chizzyma

[Laytona Campbell 23]

Hi Chizzyma, thank u so much that’s great so your baby is Gambian too wow wonderful yeah honey I miss my baby so much I submitted my packet in October of 2019 and I called several times to check on the status of the process but it’s still in process I received the NOA1 a week after I submitted the packet so we hope that everything goes well we been together for almost 3 years now and we love each other so freakin much and I visited him in March of 2019 in Gambia 🇬🇲 and I had a great time there and I enjoyed my journey there I hope everything goes well with u guys the hard part is the waiting process and not having him here with me so we can hug and love each other more ❤️ Let’s keep each other posted with everything I appreciate u sharing everything with me have a blessed day 😊

[Chizzyma 6]

You're welcome....Oh wow I was just in the Gambia in July of last year visiting. It was my second time there. I was there for a mission trip in 2016 with my church and I fell in love with Mother Africa and I really want to see more of the continent. It's such a lovely place beautiful people and so much love. This time when I went back I was able to experience more of the culture  because we were busy working in 2016.  But yes we should definitely keep in touch! 

[Lainesanity 2]

On 1/20/2020 at 8:59 PM, carmel34 said:

We all go through this period of a long distance relationship, in our case it was two years apart.  Daily communication helps so much, we did nightly video calls to ease the pain... and I flew to Brazil to be with him every two months for a week or more each time.  Stay strong and you can do it, soon you will be together.  Collect documents, be ready, read and know everything about the process so that when the petition is approved or you get an RFE you can move to the next step without delays.  Good luck, I wish you the best and hope the process goes smoothly.

Hi! Is it allowed to visit to the US on a tourist visa even if we have already filed the K1 visa?

[Greenbaum 12,259]

3 minutes ago, Lainesanity said:

Hi! Is it allowed to visit to the US on a tourist visa even if we have already filed the K1 visa?

Yes it's allowed BUT the Philippines typically will not issue you one unless you can show a strong compelling argument that you will return back to the Phil. Filipino's have a tendency to overstay their visa's or not return hence the problem.

 

Edited January 29, 2020 by Greenbaum

[Greenbaum 12,259]

11 hours ago, Chizzyma said:

You're welcome....Oh wow I was just in the Gambia in July of last year visiting. It was my second time there. I was there for a mission trip in 2016 with my church and I fell in love with Mother Africa and I really want to see more of the continent. It's such a lovely place beautiful people and so much love. This time when I went back I was able to experience more of the culture  because we were busy working in 2016.  But yes we should definitely keep in touch! 

We need a little housekeeping on your end. Many of our answers are predicated on the information you supply in your profile. When we look at the left column and can't determine your timeline OR your Embassy it's hard for us to give you a factual answer. Our answers will sometimes be tailored to a specific Embassy hence the reason for you to complete your profile. If you look at the profile of others here, they have a flag for their country, so it makes it easy for us to reply as we can quickly determine their Embassy. The country that should be used is the country where the interview will take place.

 

So, if you could help yourself out and complete your profile that sure would help us out when we want to reply to your question with factual information.

 

Go to the top right of this page select your name (it's on the upper right-hand corner)>my profile>[below your picture on the right column] edit my profile. Scroll to the bottom and fill in "Immigration Info". There now we can better serve you.

 

Once you finish that then return and you will see a flag in your profile. Select it and see what wonderful information will open up for you.

 

Thanks